: as for catching Osama, it's irrelevant. Things are going swimmingly in Afghanistan.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker claims catching Osama bin Laden is irrelevant and that things are going well in Afghanistan.
- In plain terms
- Capturing bin Laden does not matter because the situation in Afghanistan is good.
- What can you take from it?
- Military success is sometimes measured by stability rather than individual captures.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What counts as success in war?
- Does capturing leaders matter?
Another view
Dismissing the capture of a key leader may underestimate its symbolic value.
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